St. Landry democrat., 1887-01-01

! UNEAsINEss is felt at Paris at the un.
usual military preparations by all the
Powers.
AGENTS of Russia are engaging gun
makers at Prague and other parts OF 30.
hcmia for Russian factories
Donations to the Irish National League
in the two weeks ending the 21st were as
follows: From Ireland, s., 700: America,
S23 900
The Hovas have paid 100000 francs war
! indemnity due France under the terms of
the treaty of peace, and the evacuation
| OF Tamatave, Madagascar, by the French,
| is now eminent.
A COMMUNICATIONS from the Secretary of
| the Treasury was laid before the House on
the 2lst in which he says the capacity Of
| vaults already cOnst ructcd for the storage
of silver dollars is now practically OK
| hausted. There is, therefore, he saws a
| practical necessity that provision be made
| for the storage of silver dollars at the
| earliest practicable day.
A DISPATCH from Youngstown, O.. of
! the 21st said that committee represent
| ing the 1000 striking miners of the MahOn-
ing valley met Robert McCurdy, the arbi-
traitor on behalf of the operators, and it
was mutually agreed to commend the
adoption of the Columbus scale which
has for a minimum base-price sixty cents
per ton.
The Pension Appropriation bill, which
was reported to the House from the com
mlttee on appropriations on the 2lst, pro-
vides for a total expenditure on account of
pensions of S76,254. 800. The estimates
were 1854, 500, ard the appropriation for
last year $1,000, 200
THE Canadian papers predict an enor-
nous emigration of young men and ten mt
farmers from the old country to the Do
miniOn next year.
THREE farms belonging to Parnell's
brother John were sold at auction on the
21st at Armagh, Ireland, for fifty per cent.
less than valued three months ago
RUMoRs are currentat Madrid that revo-
lutonary agltators are projecting another
revolt. The Senate has approved a credit
of $40, 900, 900 for naval armament.
THE young ladies of the cabinet families
at Washington will be quite feature in
the younger society this season, and it has
been some time since there were so many
young daughters of that circle in society
at once.
The collections of internal revenue dur.
ing the first five months of the present
fiscal year amounted to S4,S0O,5S6, being
S1G2,5 500 less than the collections during
the corresponding period Of the last fiscal
year.
ESTIMATES have been made of the cost of
storage vault of Sl00,O00OOO capacity
within the court yard of the treasury
building at Washington. For double |
steel-lined vault the estimates are slO6. G7:3, |
and for a simple vault without steel lining |
they are S27,SO4.
THE private banking house of V. G. Hush |
6 Co, at Minneapolis, Mimi, suspended |
payment on the 21st. The liabilities are |
not yet known. The cause of the failure
is said to be the necessity of Hush to carry
the paper Of Jackson q Collins, owners of
the Puritan Iron mine, on which he was
indOrser to the amount of $500. 900 or $780,
600.
THE Supreme Court of the United States
on the 21st granted motion to advance
the important bank tax case of the Mer-
camille National Bank against the city of
New York, involving the question of the
legality Of State taxation upon National
bank shares